LyleChamney

Files and folders are only one part of a WP installation; the other part is the database for each site; this is where all of your posts, pages, settings, etc. are stored in and retrieved from. Without the database, your site will not work.

Live Site:

– export the database
– ZIP the contents of the site and download (or if the live site does not support ZIP ((archiving, compression, etc.)) then use FTP to download)

Local Site:
– use phpMyAdmin to create a new, empty database
– import the exported database .sql file
– edit the siteurl and home fields in the wp-options table with the new location URL:

In your case with MAMP (default settings):
— http://localhost:8888 – if it will be in the root of the local server
— http://localhost:8888/folder_name – if in a folder in the local server web root

– unZIP or move the downloaded site files to the desired location
– edit the wp-config.php file there with the local database connection credentials (
NOTE: use a plain text editor (such as the popular, free Text Wrangler from Bare Bones Softwareto do so – TextEdit, by default, uses “fancy quotes” which will not work!)
– log into the local site Dashboard and install and run this plugin:

http://wordpress.org/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/

— select all options EXCEPT the last one (GUID)

– go to Settings > Permalinks and just re-save

Done 🙂

A couple questions:

– did you install WP within XAMPP using the BitNami WP Module or did you install it manually?

– if you used the BitNami module, did you select Development Settings or Production Settings for the Installation type?

It would appear that you used the Production settings as the notes for that type on the selection screen indicate that certain plugins and themes may require manual changes.

Alternatively, I use MAMP on the Mac 🙂

In a default WAMP installation, these are the values to enter at “Screen 2”

Database Name: whatever you named it when you created it; no spaces

User Name: root

Password: <empty> do not put anything in this field

Database Host: localhost or 127.0.0.1

Table Prefix: wp_ (leave as-is)

That is correct, they will not be there by default; you have to create the file yourself.

Again, I just successfully tried this on a GD Linux with cPanel shared account:

– log into cPanel and select File Manager
– select public_html in the left side bar as the location
– select New File, give it the name .user.ini (note the period at the beginning), make sure the location is public_html, click Create New File
– select the new .user.ini and select Edit
– enter the two lines as noted in my previous post (change the value to your liking; make sure it is in the exact format presented), then Save Changes
– wait at least 5 minutes for the server to refresh
– now check the Add New in Media 🙂

A few things:

1.

(the upload limit on WordPress)

– this is not a WP limit; it is a limit of your server and can be set in the php.ini file, located at the path below on a default MAMP installation:

/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.5.10/conf/php.ini

– when editing, it is strongly encouraged to use a plain text editor. A popular one is TextWrangler from Bare Bone Software (a free editor that among other things, uses plain quotes (very important!) and has line numbers)

– open the above-noted php.ini in a plain text editor and change the values for:

post_max_size = 32M (enter a desired size, e.g. 128M) … this is on line 373

upload_max_filesize = 32M (enter a desired size, e.g. 128M) … this is on line 481

NOTE: you must stop then re-start the Apache server (use the MAMP control panel) for this change to become effective

2. If the plugin you are using is this podPress plugin:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/podpress/

Note (from plugin page):

– Compatible up to: 3.5.2
– Last Updated: 2013-3-19

You may want to consider another plugin that is up to date and being maintained.

3. Just to clarify for my own lack of knowledge on the subject, but are you using this local site only for uploading your podcasts to iTunes?

I have a local version of my site …

When you moved it to the MAMP Pro local location, did you run a search and replace on the database to update the URLs?

These are the two tools I always use and have never had an issue:

– http://wordpress.org/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/

— select all options EXCEPT the last one (GUID)

– http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/

After running then, got to Settings > Permalinks and just re-save.

Seems to be working fine now 🙂

If you had just recently purchased the domain and hosting, it can take up to 48 hours to become available; this is normal.

Glad to hear it’s been sorted! 🙂